Here’s my impromptu, unplanned list of resolutions for 2015. Of course, I’m just building on what I imagine the future to be. I think that basing your future decisions on the past is a misunderstanding. It causes one to be prejudiced about what is to come rather than open up and embrace what is to arrive. However, I have tried to keep my resolutions such that they’re going to be habits that I will inculcate. For the big things and the little ones too, I’m going to keep an open mind.

Here’s my list of Dos and Don’ts.

Do:

Write one poem and one short story every month

Free my mind

Oil my hair once a week

Read Crime and Punishment, at least

Spend less and manage finances better

Exercise for 10 minutes daily

Eat less sugar and bread

Talk to brain and empower self

Watch one out-of-the-world movie once in 3 months

Complete the first draft of my book

Make my characters do versus think

Be nice to people I don’t like; it’s maturity, not hypocrisy

Pick my battles and always remember, “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.”

Write regular emails to friends

Observe more

Learn something that I don’t like (like I learned MS Excel in 2014)

Learn how to cook more of mom’s dishes

Plan. For something. Anything.

Love more. Laugh more. Live more.

Put self before everything else; as a means of preservation rather than selfishness

Read more magazines and essays

Don’t:

Publicize blog posts on Facebook

Get angry with someone who will not care

Write trash

Stay holed inside the house/office unless there is a calamity or a riot; even if it means taking a walk to buy toothpaste

Suffer fools

Show my weak side to people

Drink cola

Indulge in self-criticism or negativity

Be afraid

Waste time

Buy things I will never use

Forget that what works will always work

Take responsibility for others’ misgivings

Be lazy

So far, this is what it is. Yesterday, my sister sent me a picture of a 2015 Book Challenge that is doing the rounds. I think I may do this as well. Until the next post, a very happy new year to you.